State Housing Policy

Fact Sheet

Federal Rental Assistance Fact Sheets

January 23, 2025

Federal rental assistance helps struggling seniors, people with disabilities, veterans, and working families keep a roof over their heads, often by helping them afford rental units they find in the private market. Ten million people in over 5 million low-income households receive federal rental assistance.

Report

States Should Fund Rental Assistance as a Frontline Strategy to Address the Housing Affordability Crisis

August 6, 2025 - Mari Castaldi and Urvi Patel

Report

States Should Pursue New Revenue Options to Expand Access and Prevent Cuts to Affordable Housing and Homelessness Solutions

January 12, 2026 - Urvi Patel

Blog

State and Local Leaders Should Sustain and Expand Investments in Housing Affordability and Stability in Their Budgets

December 17, 2025 - Mari Castaldi and Nikhe Braimah

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Report

States Should Pursue New Revenue Options to Expand Access and Prevent Cuts to Affordable Housing and Homelessness Solutions

January 12, 2026 - Urvi Patel

Blog

State and Local Leaders Should Sustain and Expand Investments in Housing Affordability and Stability in Their Budgets

December 17, 2025 - Mari Castaldi and Nikhe Braimah

Report

Administration Plan Targeting Immigrants Would Take Away Rental Assistance, Create New Barriers

December 12, 2025 - Erik Gartland and Sonya Acosta

Blog

State and Local Policymakers Should Invest in State-Funded Rental Assistance to Solve the Affordable Housing Crisis

August 6, 2025 - Mari Castaldi

Report

State and Local Policymakers Should Advance Policies Prioritizing Stability and Dignity to Solve Homelessness

August 6, 2025 - Mari Castaldi

Report

States Should Fund Rental Assistance as a Frontline Strategy to Address the Housing Affordability Crisis

August 6, 2025 - Mari Castaldi and Urvi Patel

Report

State and Local Policymakers Should Invest in Rental Assistance to Reduce Homelessness and Increase Economic Security

August 6, 2025 - Mari Castaldi and Urvi Patel

Report

Rental Assistance Time Limits Would Place More Than 3 Million People — Half of Them Children — at Risk of Eviction and Homelessness

July 18, 2025 - Will Fischer and Erik Gartland

Blog

Unless Congress Acts, 59,000 Additional Households at Risk of Homelessness

June 23, 2025 - Sonya Acosta and Mohammed Akel

Blog

Broad Property Tax Cuts Won’t Provide Relief to Those Most Impacted by High Housing Costs: Renters With Low Incomes

May 8, 2025 - Urvi Patel , Mari Castaldi and Anna Phillips

Report

Where Households Using Federal Rental Assistance Live

March 5, 2025 - Erik Gartland , Alicia Mazzara , Will Fischer and Nick Kasprak

Testimony

Testimony on New York State Investments in Rental Assistance

February 18, 2025 - Mari Castaldi

Fact Sheet

Federal Rental Assistance Fact Sheets

January 23, 2025

Blog

States and Localities Can Use Guaranteed Income to Support People Experiencing Homelessness or Housing Instability While Promoting Dignity and Racial Equity

December 16, 2024 - Victoria Bowden and Urvi Patel

Report

Taxing Very High-Value Home Sales Is an Equitable and Effective Strategy to Raise Revenue and Fund Affordable Housing

July 19, 2024 - Mari Castaldi

Blog

Direct Rental Assistance Should Be Tested Through Local Pilots and a National Demonstration

January 22, 2024 - Will Fischer

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